launch , the sculpture suffered the first of three visible structural problems as the tip of one of the spikes detached and fell to the ground . legal action started a year later , resulting in an out @ - @ of @ - @ court settlement total ##ling £ 1 @ . @ 7 million . in february 2009 , manchester city council announced that the sculpture would be dismantled and placed in storage . despite the promise of storage and potential re ##asse ##mb ##ly , the core and legs of the sculpture were cut apart during removal . the core was sold for scrap in july 2012 , while the 180 spikes remain in storage . = = design and statistics = = b of
launch, the sculpture suffered the first of three visible structural problems as the tip of one of the spikes detached and fell to the ground. legal action started a year later, resulting in an out @ - @ of @ - @ court settlement totalling £ 1 @. @ 7 million. in february 2009, manchester city council announced that the sculpture would be dismantled and placed in storage. despite the promise of storage and potential reassembly, the core and legs of the sculpture were cut apart during removal. the core was sold for scrap in july 2012, while the 180 spikes remain in storage. = = design and statistics = = b of